
There is a bridge here which takes a minor road over the canal.
Site of Stour Valley Works Basin | 6½ furlongs | |
Spon Lane Bridge | 5¾ furlongs | |
M5 Motorway over Old Main Line (western end) | 4½ furlongs | |
M5 Motorway over Old Main Line (eastern end) | 2¾ furlongs | |
Summit Rail Bridge | ¼ furlongs | |
Summit Bridge | ||
Summit Tunnel (northwestern entrance) | a few yards | |
Summit Tunnel (southeastern entrance) | ½ furlongs | |
New Smethwick Pumping Station (old line) | 3¼ furlongs | |
Brasshouse Lane Bridge | 3½ furlongs | |
Engine Arm Junction | 5½ furlongs |
- Visit the Summit Bridge and discover its history - Industrial Tour — associated with this page
- Find out the best way to visit the Summit Bridge, how long it takes to see, how to get there, and details on its history and architecture.
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- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Tipton Factory Junction
In the direction of Smethwick Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Tipton Factory Junction
In the direction of Smethwick Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Tipton Factory Junction
In the direction of Smethwick Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Tipton Factory Junction
In the direction of Smethwick Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Tipton Factory Junction
In the direction of Smethwick Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Tipton Factory Junction
In the direction of Smethwick Junction
Wikipedia has a page about Summit Bridge
The Summit Bridge carries Delaware Routes 71 and 896 across the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal. The bridge also carries Delaware Bicycle Route 1, a bicycle route that spans the length of the state of Delaware, across the canal. Opened in 1961, the Summit Bridge was the second four-lane high-level crossing in Delaware and was designed to carry an eventual US 301 freeway, however that planned freeway was never built on the alignment utilizing the Summit Bridge. US 301 did use the bridge when it was routed along surface roads from 1961–2019, at which time it was rerouted onto a new toll freeway. The current bridge replaces a former swing span structure that was demolished when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rerouted the canal to a new sea-level channel south of Lums Pond State Park. A construction project on the approaches to the bridge was completed in Fall of 2012.